Improvement in water-wheels



penstockl I NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN RICH, OF ALBION, NEV YORK.

i IMPROVEMENT |N WATER-WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 24,054, dated May 1'7,1859.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN RICH, of Albion, in the county of Oswego andState of New York, have in vented a new and Improved Mode ofConstructing the Pressure Center- Vent Wheel-Plate; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a-full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention relates to improvements in the cen ter-ventWheel-plate and penstock.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwillproceed to describe its constructionl and operation.

Figure l is a plan of the wheel-plate and Fig. 2 is an elevation of thesame through the red line on Fig. 1.

The letters of reference on the respective figures referring to the sameparts, A is the penstock; B, the scroll-plate; C, the waterwheel; D, theshaft of the wheel.

E are support-bars for the shaft and wheel and secured to the wheel-boxby the bolts K.

F are the sides or plan kin g of the penstock G, the lower gate; G2, theupper gate; II, the bolts which hold the pensto'ck together.

I are the sill-pieces,andJ are posts, through which the bolts H pass toclamp the dadoed joints L closely together to prevent leakage.

The scroll-plates B, as also the side which form the spout forconducting the water to the wheel, extend into the penstock sufficientdistance to admit the gates being placed and worked within the penstockand secured to it by bolts. By this method of forming the penstock andspoilt the whole is readily put up and easily taken down and apart forrepairs.

Having thus fully described my improved water-wheel and penstock, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

Constructing the penstock A, dadoed joints L, and bolts I, incombination with gates G and G2 and center scroll-plate B and wheel C,

when constructed and operated in the manner and for the purposeshereinbefore specified.

REUBEN RICH. Witnesses:

J. I-I. MERRILL, THOMAS C. DoEIN.

